Tired

It's only 3:30pm and I'm pretty wiped already. I'll blame it on the 4:30am wake-up call. But we did have a full day and we still have dinner and a prayer tour to come. So to have a little window of rest is a good thing. Not all of the groups have this luxury. Ha-ha!

This morning our group went to Project CURE, which is an organization that ships medical supplies to developing countries. They are doing great work all over the world. Half of our group tested, sorted and moved hospital beds, while the rest of us sorted and packed medical supplies: syringes, sutures, catheter tubes, gauze, etc. While not the most interpersonal form of ministry, it is cool to think about the people that our work is helping (and I don't just say that as someone who has received medical treatment in one such country).

At lunchtime we met up with Team Lynn. What a story they had! While digging to prepare a garden, Intern Dave and Alex hit something hard. It turned out to be what appeared to be a large bone, perhaps a femur. They continued to dig, unearthing around 30 bones, including what seemed to be vertebra, shoulder blades, hip sockets, and so on. The police were called and they came with a forensic investigator. Needless to say we are hoping it was just a deer, but if not, Intern Dave may be getting a call.

This afternoon we got oriented at our anchor site for the week, Family Affair Ministries. They provide an array of services for people in the community, from tutoring children, to feeding them, to providing food service training, to teaching computer skills, and so on. Our job will be to help them with their day camp, which could draw 150 kids. Our group is getting pumped! What a great organization to get to work with!

I also got an interesting picture texted to me from Team Cline. It turns out that part of what they did was to wash the feet of the homeless individuals who came in, and the picture was our Danny Rees performing one such pedicure. I wish I could have been there for that!

Going to go get my rest on now. More updates to come, but hopefully not at 5:00am..,